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Garbage carts raided by bear in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – A bear visited a West Kelowna neighbourhood for a late night snack…
You can now watch nesting ospreys online
KAMLOOPS - The ospreys are moving in at a farm near Kamloops and a newly-installed webcam is allowing us to watch the beautiful birds make a home and raise a family without disturbing them. After the camera was first installed, a bald eagle took a look around the nest. Not what the people at WildSafe...
Watch out for rattlesnakes; they’re out early in the Thompson-Okanagan
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Sunny weather has gotten many of us out from beneath our rocks looking for some rays, and we’re not the only ones in the animal world. Warm temperatures have brought rattlesnakes out earlier than normal in the Thompson-Okanagan, according to WildSafe B.C. spokesperson Frank Ritcey. “With the warm weather, the snakes will be...
Wondering where the wildlife is? WildSafeBC has you covered
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - It’s spring and that means there are lots of wild baby animals roaming around, but hopefully not in backyards and towns. In the Thompson-Okanagan, black bears are the most common wildlife spotted. There have been a total of 42 black bear sightings in the last two weeks; three in Kamloops, eight in Naramata,...